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By Lee Wallender Contributing Writer Nothing is worse than having your furnace break down in the throes of winter. Swirling snow and dancing leaves are only charming when you are warm and cozy indoors. Winter’s beauty becomes a dismal sight ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Writer And Jesus wept. These are very sobering words from the Bible, which remind us that there is no shame in crying. Late last month, I conducted a three-hour workshop, focusing on the plight of Black ...

By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD Guest Writer I ran into a 20-something fellow, wearing a T-shirt that said, “I love being Black”. I had a wave of fond nostalgia, remembering how my mother began our outings with “I’m free, ...

By Benjamin Tetteh Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York February 4, 2019 — In the heart of Accra, Ghana’s capital, just a few meters from the United States embassy, lie the tombs of W. E. B. Du Bois, a great ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, February 4, 2019 (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government has warned motorists that they will be charged, if they are found to be eating and/or using a cell phone while driving. Attorney General, Steadroy ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 4, 2019 (CMC) – The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) says it has sold US$50 million to authorised dealers and cambios in a “flash sale auction”, over the past two weeks, aimed at offsetting the effects of excessive ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 4, 2019 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government said, today, it is prepared to assist its fellow Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries develop their hydrocarbon sector, as it placed much emphasis on the ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, February 4, 2019 (CMC) – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government has acknowledged owing an estimated EC$33 million for lands acquired at Argyle, for the construction of the Argyle International Airport, which opened ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 4, 2019 (CMC) – President David Granger appealed, yesterday, to supporters to re-elect his coalition government, even as he pledged not to resign, despite the December 21, 2018 vote of confidence that tumbled his three-and-a-half year old ...